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Sounds of Silence

In my endless research on izenzukuthi (ideophones), I have begun to get an idea of different groups – monosyllabic, disyllabic and polysyllabic – and what sort of sounds are associated with what ideas. Because, in case you didn’t already know this, ideophones are all about sound. Specifically, they represent the association of a sound with […]

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Linguistics / ubuLimi

ukuBingelela nokuValelisa – saying hello and goodbye

Post author By White Zulu
Post date July 26, 2012
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What monoglots, especially English monoglots, fail to realise is just how limited their world is. Their perception of the universe is coloured by the fact that they can only interact with people who speak their language, and they judge people based on how well or badly they speak it. They can only think about the […]

Tags English, grammar, greeting, hamba kahle, isiZulu, monoglot, sala kahle, sanibona, sawubona, ukuhlonipha